PANAJI: Zooter Goa Super League 1.0 is shaping up to be a cricket tournament with a difference! With players ranging from the age of thirty years to 62 years, the four teams are set to get an even feel when they take to the field unlike in most of other such fun tournaments where the balance is skewed with some teams having more youngsters than other outfits. Moreover, the tournament will also be played with the pink ball, adding to the fresh and vibrant look to the inaugural edition to be held next month.
Estilo Legends owned by Dr Sagar Salgaocar, Strikers owned by Balkrishna Hodarkar, Ilyas Naroo’s Naroo Panthers and Baale Tigers of Ashwin Chandiok, all vied for the best of the players in the auction conducted on Sunday.
“We got our strategy spot on for the players auction, it’s now on paper. Ultimately, cricket is to be played on the ground, let us have a good tournament,” said Dr Salgaocar, whose team retained former Ranji Trophy all-rounder Saheel Dhuri.
Balkrishna Hodarkar highlighted the importance of picking the right players to form the nucleus of the team. Having the former Ranji Trophy all-rounder Robin D’Souza in the team as a retained player ahead of the auction and with his insights, the Strikers looked to be on the top of their game on the auction night.
Baale Tigers retained Kiran Shirvoikar while Naroo Panthers retained Mukhtar Kadri, among others as every team had maximum quota of retaining three players.
Coach Prashant Kakode of Baale Tigers sounded happy at his camp’s exploits at the auctions, getting most of his preferred picks. Sitting adjacent to his table, were Naroo Constructions’ Panthers think-tank and owner Ilyas admitted that there were some who got away. “But, we are happy with what we have and hopefully, we will do our best,” said the former Goa cricketer.
All-rounder Sayed Badi, who has played BCCI List A matches and T20 cricket for Goa, emerged the most expensive player at the auction. Baale Tigers outbid Naroo Panthers to buy the 30-year-old big-hitting cricketer, who bowls fast medium, for 65 Lakh points.
Another all-rounder with big reputation having played crucial knocks for Goa Police in particular, Vinod Wilson was second-most expensive pick at 63 Lakh points, with Estilo Legends beating the rest of the teams to their top buy.
Some of the other top buys include Basu Madar (Bowler) 57.00 Lakh for Estilo Legends; Ninad Pawaskar (All-Rounder) 55.00 Lakh for Strikers; Shishir Divkar (All-Rounder) 49.00 Lakh for Naroo Panthers; and Swapnil Malik (Batter / Wk) 45.00 Lakh for Strikers.
Founder of Zooter, Shushrut Nasnodkar was delighted to have received a fine response to his innovative venture. “Zooter has been operating in Mumbai for last five years, doing 33+ tourneys. So, we wanted to do a similar tourney in Goa. We thought we would start with four teams and get about 70 registrations, but we got such a big boost with 120 players registration for the auction,” he said.
TEAMS:
1.Estilo Legends
Sagar Salgaocar – All Rounder
Saheel Dhuri – All Rounder
Sachin Sardesai – Batter
Aditya Naik – All Rounder
Shailesh Miskin – Batter
Vinod Wilson – All Rounder
Haydar – All Rounder
Chandrakant Ghadi
Basu Madar -Bowler
Dattaprasad Shirodkar – Batter
Govind Gawas – All Rounder
Vinay Palekar – All Rounder
Viraj Tar – All Rounder
Paresh Miskin – All Rounder
Harshal Shah – All Rounder
Jayesh Gawas – Batter
2.Strikers
Balkrishna Hodarkar – All Rounder
Robin D’Souza – All Rounder
Nikit Dalal – Batter
Swapnil Malik – Batter / Wk
Avadoot Amonkar – All Rounder
Ninad Pawaskar – All Rounder
Pranav Biche – All Rounder
Siddharth Ghanekar – All Rounder
Amlon Dsouza – All Rounder
Gautam Kankonkar – All Rounder
Vinod Kanji – Bowler
Rohan Badave – All Rounder
Rohit Salgaonkar – Bowler
Rohit Mehta – Batter
Sunny Kamat – All Rounder
Sanjay Naik – Bowler
3.Baale Tigers
Ashwin Chandiok – Batter
Samir Sawant – All Rounder
Kiran Shirvoikar – All Rounder
Tushar Narvekar – All Rounder
Dhilan Shah – All Rounder
Dattesh Priolkar – All Rounder
Jamir Carol – All Rounder
Naresh Parsekar – All Rounder
Sunil Rathod – All Rounder
Sayed Badi – All Rounder
Mahesh Gavande – Batter / Wk
Kalpesh Salgaonkar – All Rounder
Hemant Khot – All Rounder
Iftikhar Agha – All Rounder
Vardhan Haldankar – Batter
Sahil Adwalpalkar – Batter
4.Naroo Panthers
Mukhtar Kadri – Batter
Siddesh Arora – All Rounder
Ilyas Naroo – All Rounder
Sudin Redkar – All Rounder
Shishir Divkar – All Rounder
Kapil Borker – Batter
Prashant Pangam – All Rounder
Venkat Biche – All Rounder
Vishwajeet Gaonkar – Batter / Wk
Anand Majalikar – Bowler
Switesh Verenkar – All Rounder
Mrunmay Das – All Rounder
Sapresh Mulvi – All Rounder
Siddhesh Alvenkar – All Rounder
Deepak Naik – All Rounder
Sidhesh Desai -All Rounder
